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Banni pastoralists see success in battle for survival -Athar Parvaiz

-Village Square The Maldharis of the vast Banni grassLands in Gujarat show how people cope with enforced change caused either by natural forces or human intervention and how vulnerability can be turned into opportunity. Banni, located along the northern border of Kachchh district in Gujarat, is a vast stretch of 3,847 sq km area of dry grassLands. Known for its pastoralist activities for centuries, the area is regarded as Asia’s largest tropical...

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A tiny town in West Bengal is turning waste into piles of wealth -Snigdhendu Bhattachaya

-Hindustan Times Chinsurah, West Bengal: A 163-year-old municipality administering a small town in West Bengal has shown the world how to manage solid waste in an eco-friendly way, potentially giving urban planners and administrators the key to tackling one of the biggest civic problems. The initiatives of Uttarpara-Kotrung municipality helped the Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project win a global award, defeating nearest contenders AuckLand and Milan in urban solid waste management...

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Ten years of FRA: only 3 per cent of forest dwellers' rights recognised -Anupam Chakravartty

-Down to Earth Collective rights to undo historic injustice meted out to indigenous people remain completely ignored by the states, says Citizens’ report Ten years after the historic Forest Rights Act (FRA) was passed by the Indian lawmakers, only three per cent of villages or communities could secure their rights over forest resources which include Land and the produce from the forests and water, states the Citizens’ Report prepared by Community...

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Rights for the rightful owners -Brinda Karat

-The Hindu On the tenth anniversary of the historic passage of the Forest Rights Act, tribal resistance to defend their rights is growing even as government after government tries to dilute its provisions On this day 10 years ago the historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act was passed in the Lok Sabha. Its conception and passage was the result of the decades of struggles and...

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Ten years of the Forest Rights Act: Opportunity lost? -Sharmistha Bose

-Oxfam India Blog Hari Bandhu Kanhar (45 years) is a Gond tribal of Jhankarmunda village, district Bolangir, Odisha whose family recently received legal title over his forest Land under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. On being asked about the difference of being Landless and having a Land title, he shared that the biggest difference is that he is not hounded by the fear of being evicted from his Land. Narratives such as...

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